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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11548
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14690
13 Actual Demand 11247
14 Aggregate Planning 12278
15 Air Cargo 10138
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6687
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34922
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15368
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19349
20 Assembly Line 22576
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23035
22 Average Speed of Answer 26600
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23222
24 Batch Production 38506
25 Bill Discounting 14600
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11294
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7190
28 Blanket Release 10069
29 Bonded Warehouse 10100
30 Booking Number 13866
31 Bottleneck 9576
32 Buffer Stock 59438
33 Build to Stock 13060
34 Bullwhip Effect 9716
35 Business Logistics 25830
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12612
37 Capacity Management 40736
38 Capacity Utilization 14162
39 Capital Intensive 8473
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8807
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12189
42 Certified Supplier 8997
43 Channel Effectiveness 8969
44 Co-Destiny 9339
45 Co-managed Inventory 12614
46 Co-Packers 11818
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6923
48 Computer-Based Training 7725
49 Consular Invoice 19875
50 Container Depot 10644
51 Container Freight Station 10307
52 Continuous Replenishment 19617
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12125
54 Contract Carrier 7345
55 Contract of Affreightment 11453
56 Control Charts 7993
57 Cost Flow 10318
58 Courier Service 15297
59 CPFR 8264
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11845
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44270
62 Date Code 18314
63 Days of Supply 19897
64 Dead on Arrival 9381
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7347
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8156
67 Detective Control 8948
68 Devanning 14258
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11008
70 Dispatching 24610
71 Distributed Inventory 8397
72 Distribution Channel Management 34885
73 Distribution Metrics 9187
74 Distribution Planning 24253
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15284
76 Double Marginalization 52839
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22447
78 Dual 5471
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20664
80 Echelon Inventory 26260
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38317
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49873
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7656
84 Efficient Frontier 25573
85 Engineer-to-Order 31834
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16610
87 Erlang B Formula 9388
88 ETD 8364
89 Ex Works 7867
90 Exception Rate 13547
91 Exponential smoothing 9859
92 External Growth 10127
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9561
94 Field Services 7770
95 Field Warehouse 10628
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8838
97 Fishbone Diagram 14659
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27139
99 Flow Through Distribution 12362
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8221
101 FOB Destination 13104
102 Forward buying 30262
103 Freight Charge 10447
104 Freight Consolidation 7570
105 Gantt Chart 8326
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11784
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29650
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12737
109 Hub 23501
110 Idle Time 8107
 
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